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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
INVESTMENT IN REALTY PROJECTS
Government through The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has enacted The Real Estate  Act, 2016  to safeguard the interest of homebuyers/ individuals and also to ensure transparency and accountability in the Real Estate Sector.
RERA mandates for compulsory deposit of seventy percent of amount realized from allottees in a separate bank account to cover the cost of construction and land cost of real estate project.
Moreover, RERA also has an inbuilt fast track dispute resolution mechanism to redress the grievances of the consumers wherein the complaints are to be disposed within the prescribed timeframe by the Adjudication Officer, Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Real Estate Appellate Tribunal.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi observes International Day of Yoga by performing Yoga with people of Tamil Nadu from Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari
As we are celebrating the 75 years of Independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Mass Yoga demonstrations are being organised at 75 iconic locations across the country under the leadership of 75 Union Ministers, along with the Yoga Demonstration by the Prime Minister at Mysore, on the occasion of the 8th International Day of Yoga. In this regard, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi observes International Day of Yoga by performing Yoga with people of Tamil Nadu from Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari.
By reaching the Vivekananda Rock by boat, Minister paid floral tribute to Swami Vivekananda and demonstrated yoga on the Vivekananda rock. Following this, the Minister performed various yogasanas for about an hour, at an event held at the Kanyakumari Vivekananda Centre. While addressing the event, Minister Lekhi asserted that the yoga got international recognition due to the efforts taken by the Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi
With yoga the mind, body and soul gets integrated and doing yoga regularly will give great strength to body and mind, she added. Yoga creates an attitude of helping each other. She remarked that Swami Vivekananda instilled the confidence that India, the largest country, can achieve independence through meditation. The Union Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to work tirelessly for the welfare of the country as Swami Vivekananda, who believed in the culture and spirituality of the country, continued to work for the culture of the country.
Smt. Sanjukta Mudgal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Shri .M. R. Gandhi, M.L.A Nagercoil, Shri. M. Aravind, District Collector, Kanyakumari, Shri. D.N. Hari Kiran Prasad, Supt. of Police, Kanyakumari, Shri. Navratna KR Pathak, Director of Monument ASI, Dr.Arun Raj, Director ASI, Shri. Pon Radhakrishnan, Former Union Minister also participated in the event.
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PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 140.31cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 77,516
- Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.22%; Lowest since March 2020
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.40%; Highest since March 2020
- 7,051 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,42,15,977
- 6,650 new cases in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 81 days
- Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 40 days
- 66.98 cr Total Tests conducted so far
#Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona
PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Cabinet
Union Cabinet approves expansion of the Digital India programme with an outlay of ₹ 14,903 crore
Digital India programme was launched on 1st July, 2015 to enable digital delivery of services to citizens. It has proved to be a very successful program.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the expansion of the Digital India programme. The total outlay is ₹14,903 crores.
This would enable the following:
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- 6.25 lakh IT professionals will be re-skilled and up-skilled under the FutureSkills Prime Programme;
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- 2.65 lakh persons will be trained in information security under the Information Security & Education Awareness Phase  Programme;
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- 540 additional services will be available under the Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance  app/ platform. At present over 1,700 services are already available on UMANG;
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- 9 more supercomputers will be added under National Super Computer Mission. This is in addition to 18 supercomputers already deployed;
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- Bhashini, the AI-enabled multi-language translation tool  will be rolled out in all 22 schedule 8 languages;
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- Modernisation of the National Knowledge Network  which connects 1,787 educational institutions;
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- Digital document verification facility under DigiLocker will now be available to MSMEs and other organisations;
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- 1,200 startups will be supported in Tier 2/3 cities;
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- 3 Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence on health, agriculture and sustainable cities will be set up;
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- Cyber-awareness courses for 12 crores college students;
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- New initiatives in the area of cyber security including development of tools and integration of more than 200 sites with National Cyber Coordination Centre
- Today’s announcement will give a boost to the digital economy of India, drive digital access to services and support India’s IT and electronics ecosystem.
Prime Minister's Office
A good way to keep healthy is to practice Yoga even at the workplace:PM
Reflecting on the challenges of hectic work schedules and sedentary lifestyles, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has encouraged everyone to practice Yoga at workplace during breaks.
Sharing a tweet by Ministry of Ayush where Union Minister of Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched a one-minute video on “Y-Break" Yoga for motivating mass participation in yoga, particularly for corporate workplaces and for workaholics, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“Hectic work schedules and sedentary lifestyles bring with it their own set of challenges. A good way to keep healthy is to practice Yoga even at the workplace.”
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President greets the nation on the eve of Christmas
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has greeted the nation on the eve of Christmas today. Following is the full text of his message in English & Hindi –
“I convey my warm greetings and best wishes to all our fellow citizens on the auspicious occasion of Christmas.
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Lord Jesus Christ. The festival reaffirms our faith in the values of compassion and forgiveness taught by Lord Jesus for the enlightenment of humanity.
Christmas is a joyous occasion for family and friends to come together and celebrate the festival in a grand way. But due to the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic this year, we must be content with a modest celebration.
Let us together pray for the health and well-being of people of the entire world. May this festival bring peace, harmony, health and happiness in our lives.”
संदेश
“क्रिसमस के शुभ अवसर पर मैं सभी देशवासियों को हार्दिक बधाई और शुभकामनाएं देता हूँ।
क्रिसमस प्रभु ईसा मसीह का जन्मोत्सव है। यह पर्व प्रभु ईसा मसीह द्वारा मानवता के प्रबोधन हेतु सिखाए गए दया और क्षमा के मूल्यों के प्रति हमारी आस्था को दोहराता है।
क्रिसमस एक खुशी का अवसर है जिसमें परिवार के सदस्य और मित्रगण एक साथ मिलकर इस पर्व को धूम-धाम से मनाते हैं। परंतु इस वर्ष व्याप्त कोविड-19 की विश्वव्यापी महामारी के कारण हमें इस पर्व को सादगी से मनाना होगा।
आइए, हम एक साथ मिलकर सम्पूर्ण विश्व के लोगों के अच्छे स्वास्थ्य और खुशहाली के लिए प्रार्थना करें। मैं कामना करता हूँ कि यह त्योहार हमारे जीवन में शांति, समरसता, अच्छा स्वास्थ्य और खुशियाँ लेकर आए।”
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Active Caseload further contracts to 4.8 Lakhs
Daily New Recoveries outnumbering Daily New Cases pushes Recovery Rate to more than 93%
Registering a four-day streak of less than 5 lakh active cases, India’s active caseload has shrunk to 4,80,719 as on date. The share of Active Cases in the total Positive Cases has further decreased to 5.48%.
The trend of new recoveries exceeding new cases every day continues continuously as 44,684 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours against 47,992 recoveries.
New cases continue their downward slope indicating adoption of COVID Appropriate Behaviour among the population, and effective containment measures by the State/UT governments following guidelines of the Union Government. The daily new cases on an average show a declining trend over the last five weeks.
This trend has also upended the Recovery Rate to cross 93% today. The cumulative national figure is 93.05%. The total recovered cases stand at 81,63,572. The gap between the recovered cases and active cases that is steadily increasing, presently standing at 76,82,853.
75.38% of the new recovered cases are contributed by ten States/UTs.
With 6,498 persons recovering from COVID, Delhi saw the most recoveries in the past 24 hours. Kerala saw 6,201 daily recoveries while Maharashtra saw 4,543 new recoveries.
Ten States/UTs have contributed 76.38% of the new cases.
Delhi reported 7,802 cases in the last 24 hours topping the tally of new additions. Kerala recorded 5,804 new cases while Maharashtra stood at the third position with 4,132 new cases yesterday.
520 case fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours. 79.23% of these are from ten States/UTs.
24.4% of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra which reported 127 deaths. Delhi and West Bengal follow with 91 and 51 new deaths, respectively.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Change in Speed and Quality of Construction of National Highways
Year-wise length of highways constructed by the Ministry during each of the last five years is comparatively higher than the length constructed during FY 2013-14. Year-wise details of highways constructed are annexed.
Taking advantage of technological developments in the field of materials and processes during recent years, number of specifications have been introduced for better quality of construction of National Highways  with enhanced strength & durability and environmental sustainability. Some examples are bitumen/modified bitumen with higher modulus of resilience, enhanced strength of concrete & steel, ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete, stabilized sub-base & base courses for pavement, etc.
The Ministry has launched “The Green Highways  Policy, 2015” in September, 2015. Since, inception 373 lakh plants have been planted on available ROW and more than 64,000 matured trees have been transplanted so far.
ANNEXURE
Year-wise details of highways constructed are as follows:
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Length constructed|
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2013-14
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4,300
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2018-19
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10,900
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2019-20
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10,200
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2020-21
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13,300
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2021-22
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10,500
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2022-23
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10,300Rounded off to the nearest multiple of 100
This information was given by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to inaugurate Multi-storeyed flats for Members of Parliament on 23rd November
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate Multi-storeyed flats for Members of Parliament on 23rd November 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing. The Speaker of Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla will also be present on the occasion.
These flats are located at Dr B D Marg in New Delhi. Eight old bungalows, which were more than 80 years old, have been redeveloped to construct 76 flats. The construction of these flats has been completed with savings of about 14 percent from the sanctioned cost and without time overrun despite the impact of Covid-19.
Several green building initiatives have been incorporated in the construction, including bricks made from fly ash and construction & demolition waste, double glazed windows for thermal insulation and energy efficiency, energy efficient LED light fittings, occupancy based sensors for light control, air conditioners with VRV system for low power consumption, low flow fixtures for conservation of water, rainwater harvesting system and rooftop solar plant.
PIB Headquarters
Shark Fins seized by Customs at Chennai Airport
On Monday based on intelligence that some marine products/shark fins are likely to be smuggled to Singapore a special alert and vigil was maintained by Air Intelligence Unit officers at the departure terminal to catch the smuggler. AIU officers observed that one male passenger was moving in a suspicious manner with a big carton box in departure area. A close watch was kept on his movement and he was intercepted after he had cleared immigration and was proceeding towards security check. From his boarding pass and passport the passenger was identified as one Dharbar Latheef  from Tiruchirapalli, who was bound for Singapore by Air India Express Flight IX 688. He was questioned about the contents of his carton box. As he was evasive in his reply he along with his checked in luggage was brought in for detailed examination. On opening the carton box, it was found to contain 14 Kg of suspected marine product similar to shark fins.
The suspected marine product/shark fins was got examined by Wild Life Crime Control Bureau officials who certified the same as “processed Shark fins” and as such there was a probability that these belong to a CITES listed species. As the export of shark fins is prohibited by Foreign Trade Policy , shark fins worth Rs. 8 lakhs were seized under Customs Act 1962 read with FT 1992.
Shark fins are used for preparing Shark fin soup a expensive delicacy served in high end restaurants abroad and is considered by Chinese to be a symbol of prosperity and a conferrer of health benefits. The practice of shark finning is causing the collapse of shark populations around the world.
Further investigation is under progress, according to the press release issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on the occasion of Rath Yatra
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of the Rath Yatra.
“भगवान जगन्नाथ की रथ यात्रा के पावन-पुनीत अवसर पर आप सभी को मेरी हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। मेरी कामना है कि श्रद्धा और भक्ति से भरी यह यात्रा देशवासियों के जीवन में सुख, समृद्धि, सौभाग्य और आरोग्य लेकर आए। जय जगन्नाथ!”, the Prime Minister said.
Prime Minister's Office
PM chairs the 32nd PRAGATI interaction
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired the first PRAGATI meeting of the year 2020, today. It marked Prime Minister’s thirty-second interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Central and State governments.
In today’s PRAGATI meeting, PM discussed a total of eleven items, out of which nine are delayed projects. These nine projects, worth over Rs. 24,000 crores, are spread over nine states viz. Odisha, Telangana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh and three Union ministries. These include three from the Ministry of Railways, five from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and one from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Progress under insurance schemes- PMJJBY and PMSBY schemes reviewed
Prime Minister in the meeting, reviewed the performance with regard to in grievances related to insurance schemes under Department of Financial Services viz. ‘Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana’  and ‘Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana’.
Prime Minister also reviewed the progress under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems  project- a comprehensive and integrated system for effective policing through e-Governance.
In the previous thirty-one PRAGATI interactions, Prime Minister has reviewed a total of 269 projects with a total investment of Rs. 12.30 lakh crores. Prime Minister has also reviewed the resolution of grievance redressal related to 47 government programmes and schemes across 17 diverse sectors.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 237
India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage crosses 72 Cr landmark milestone
More than 59 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm
In a landmark achievement, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 72 Crore landmark milestone  today. More than 59 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,62,759
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2nd Dose
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85,53,923
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,34,730
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2nd Dose
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1,38,60,781
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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28,95,61,314
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2nd Dose
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3,98,71,140
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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14,10,95,947
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2nd Dose
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6,10,62,237
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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9,18,39,822
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2nd Dose
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4,84,29,720
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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55,11,94,572
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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17,17,77,801
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Total
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72,29,72,373
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 9th September, 2021 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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491
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2nd Dose
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14,196
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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671
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2nd Dose
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58,120
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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28,93,658
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2nd Dose
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11,08,919
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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7,34,304
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2nd Dose
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5,15,188
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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3,59,116
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2nd Dose
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2,66,157
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1st Dose Administered in Total
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39,88,240
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2nd Dose Administered in Total
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19,62,580
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Total
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59,50,820
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Registration of Migrant Workers
The Ministry of Labour& Employment proposes to develop National Database of Unorganized Workers , which will be a comprehensive database of the unorganized workers and migrant workers, seeded with Aadhaar. It will have details of name, occupation, address, occupation type, educational qualification, skill types and family details etc. for optimum realization of their employability and extend the benefits of the social security schemes to them.
In order to safeguard the interest of the migrant workers, the Central Government had enacted the Inter-state Migrant Workmen  Act, 1979. This Act has now been subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Code has been notified on 29.09.2020. The above mentioned code commonly known as OSH Code, provides for decent working conditions, minimum wages, grievances redressal mechanisms, protection from abuse and exploitation, enhancement of the skills and social security to all category of organised and unorganised workers including Migrant workers. The Code is applicable to every establishment in which 10 or more inter-state migrant workers are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months.
This information was given by Minister of State  for Labour & Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
This index should be used by NE States and the Ministry as a policy tool for intervention across sectors: G Kishan Reddy
Sri G Kishan Reddy the Union minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North-eastern region  said “Preparation of District SDG Index and Dashboard is a fine example of PM’s Cooperative and Competitive Federalism mantra coming together”
Speaking on the occasion of the release of Northeastern Region District SDG Index & Dashboard Sri G Kishan Reddy stated that all the eight States, NITI Aayog, and the DoNER Ministry have come together to work on a common agenda. The release included Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri B.L. Verma Ji, Hon’ble MoS for Cooperation and DoNER, Shri Amitabh Kant of CEO, NITI Aayog and Ms Nadia Rasheed, Resident Representative , UNDP India, and other senior government officers including chief secretaries of states who joined by video conference.
The Minister also observed that as the availability of data allows for data-based decision making, that can foster a competitive spirit between districts and make them work towards improving their performance. “I believe that this index should be used by NE States and my Ministry as a policy tool for intervention across sectors. This will help us improve the score of each district in the individual goal so that the composite score improves.” Added Shri G Kishan Reddy.
The Sustainable Development Goals  track the progress across 16 parameters that include parameters such as no poverty, zero hunger, good health, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry, innovation and infrastructure, reduce inequalities. sustainable cities and communities, climate action, life on land, peace justice and strong institutions and responsible consumption and production.
Earlier in the day, the Ministry of DoNER had tweeted the release of the index. “@MDoNER_India and @NITIAayog launched the first edition of the NER District Sustainable Development Goal Index Report and Dashboard 2021–22.”
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-Energy Research to be held at SSS – NIBE, Kapurthala during October 9 – 12, 2023
The “International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-energy Research – 2023”  is being held by Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy , an autonomous institute under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy , Government of India during October 9 - 12, 2023. The fourth edition of the international conference, being held at the institute campus in Kapurthala, Punjab, brings together the bioenergy sector stakeholders belonging to government, industry, academia, and research.
Broad themes of the conference are Biomass Resource Management; Biomass / waste conversion to energy; Biomass Valorisation / Waste to value added materials / Products; Modelling of Bio-energy system; and Biorefinery and Biohydrogen. Plenary and Technical Sessions are scheduled on these conference themes.
The conference is being inaugurated by Union Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Bhagwanth Khuba. The Minister will also inaugurate the publicity and awareness drive for National Bioenergy Programme of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. Secretary, New & Renewable Energy, Shri Bhupinder Singh Bhalla and Director, IIT Roorkee, Prof. K K Pant will also be present for the inaugural.
The event will also include oral / poster presentations from registered participants from across the globe. On the final day of the conference, delegates will also get to visit a Bioenergy Plant.
The conference schedule can be found here.
Energy security and environment protection are major challenges being faced across the globe due to exhaustive use of fossil fuels. Research activities in the area of bio-energy including biohydrogen, biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethanation, bio-refinery, biomass gasification, biomass cookstove, carbonaceous materials etc. are gaining unprecedented attention worldwide due to their potential in replacing fossil fuels. SSS-NIBE has organized three Conferences on 'Recent Advances in Bio-energy Research' since 2011; these covered R&D efforts, policies, and field experiences in the bio-energy sector and witnessed enthusiastic participation from academics, scholars, industries and policymakers. The fourth conference being organized now seeks to build on these and extend the global scope of the previous conferences. More information on the conference can be found on the conference website: https://www.icrabr.com/.